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	<description>Keeping Your Company IN Business and OUT of Court</description>
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		<title>$5M Punitive Verdict in Religious Discrimination Suit</title>
		<link>http://employeerelationssolutions.net/blog/2012/05/5m-punitive-verdict-in-religious-discrimination-suit/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 16:38:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MGrabell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In my training sessions on religious discrimination I always remind managers to be most careful with those employees who convert religions during their employment. Here is a case in point: Last week, a jury in Missouri awarded $5M in punitive damages &#8230; <a href="http://employeerelationssolutions.net/blog/2012/05/5m-punitive-verdict-in-religious-discrimination-suit/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>EEOC Issues Guidance on Criminal Background Checks</title>
		<link>http://employeerelationssolutions.net/blog/2012/05/eeoc-issues-guidance-on-criminal-background-checks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 14:24:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MGrabell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The EEOC last week issued a &#8220;reminder&#8221; guidance to employers that if criminal backgrounds of potential workers are screened, you must prove that the use of the acquired information is job related in order to avoid a possible discrimination lawsuit. For purposes &#8230; <a href="http://employeerelationssolutions.net/blog/2012/05/eeoc-issues-guidance-on-criminal-background-checks/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Transgender Protection Under Title VII</title>
		<link>http://employeerelationssolutions.net/blog/2012/04/254/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 01:03:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MGrabell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The EEOC released a landmark decision on Monday which expands Title VII protection to transgender employees. The case involved a transgender woman who was denied a job by the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. The Agency found &#8230; <a href="http://employeerelationssolutions.net/blog/2012/04/254/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Forced Resignation and Unemployment Benefits</title>
		<link>http://employeerelationssolutions.net/blog/2012/04/forced-resignation-and-unemployment-benefits/</link>
		<comments>http://employeerelationssolutions.net/blog/2012/04/forced-resignation-and-unemployment-benefits/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Apr 2012 20:04:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MGrabell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A New Jersey appeals court ruled last week that a Crossmark Inc. employee who was forced to resign did not leave his job voluntarily and, therefore, qualified for unemployment benefits. The employee was required to use his own car to &#8230; <a href="http://employeerelationssolutions.net/blog/2012/04/forced-resignation-and-unemployment-benefits/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Requesting Access to Employee Social Media Sites</title>
		<link>http://employeerelationssolutions.net/blog/2012/03/requesting-access-to-employee-social-media-sites/</link>
		<comments>http://employeerelationssolutions.net/blog/2012/03/requesting-access-to-employee-social-media-sites/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Mar 2012 18:01:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MGrabell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Several lawmakers have drafted legislation to ban the practice by employers of asking current and prospective employees for access to their social media accounts claiming it is an unlawful invasion of privacy. It also violates Facebook&#8217;s terms of use and, &#8230; <a href="http://employeerelationssolutions.net/blog/2012/03/requesting-access-to-employee-social-media-sites/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Individual Liability Under the FMLA</title>
		<link>http://employeerelationssolutions.net/blog/2012/03/individual-liability-under-the-fmla/</link>
		<comments>http://employeerelationssolutions.net/blog/2012/03/individual-liability-under-the-fmla/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2012 18:30:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MGrabell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Supervisors of both private and public sector employees can be held individually liable under the FMLA, according to a recent opinion from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. Other Circuit Courts have similarly ruled. In order to &#8230; <a href="http://employeerelationssolutions.net/blog/2012/03/individual-liability-under-the-fmla/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Does Your Attendance Policy Violate the ADA?</title>
		<link>http://employeerelationssolutions.net/blog/2012/03/does-your-attendance-policy-violate-the-ada/</link>
		<comments>http://employeerelationssolutions.net/blog/2012/03/does-your-attendance-policy-violate-the-ada/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2012 18:18:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MGrabell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A federal court in California recently ruled that Dillard&#8217;s attendance policy, which required employees to provide a doctor&#8217;s note identifying the nature of a health-related absence for such absences to be excused, violated the ADA. The employee&#8217;s doctor&#8217;s note simply &#8230; <a href="http://employeerelationssolutions.net/blog/2012/03/does-your-attendance-policy-violate-the-ada/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Prior to Termination</title>
		<link>http://employeerelationssolutions.net/blog/2012/03/prior-to-termination/</link>
		<comments>http://employeerelationssolutions.net/blog/2012/03/prior-to-termination/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2012 18:16:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MGrabell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On March 13, 2012 I am addressing the SHRM Atlanta chapter on How to Properly Terminate an Employee To Avoid Litigation. A recent case highlights one piece of advice that I offer regarding managers&#8217; mistakes: The EEOC has urged a &#8230; <a href="http://employeerelationssolutions.net/blog/2012/03/prior-to-termination/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Misclassification of Workers</title>
		<link>http://employeerelationssolutions.net/blog/2012/03/misclassification-of-workers/</link>
		<comments>http://employeerelationssolutions.net/blog/2012/03/misclassification-of-workers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2012 18:13:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MGrabell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As you know from past updates, the U.S. Department of Labor has recently increased its efforts to combat misclassification of workers. Louisiana has just become the 13th state to agree to share information and coordinate enforcement efforts with the DOL to &#8230; <a href="http://employeerelationssolutions.net/blog/2012/03/misclassification-of-workers/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Pregnancy Discrimination Claims On The Rise</title>
		<link>http://employeerelationssolutions.net/blog/2012/02/pregnancy-discrimination-claims-on-the-rise/</link>
		<comments>http://employeerelationssolutions.net/blog/2012/02/pregnancy-discrimination-claims-on-the-rise/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 20:01:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MGrabell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Even with the Pregnancy Discrimination Act, the Family Medical Leave Act and individual state statutes on the books, the number of pregnancy discrimination charges filed with the EEOC has increased as much as 35% in the past 10 years. It &#8230; <a href="http://employeerelationssolutions.net/blog/2012/02/pregnancy-discrimination-claims-on-the-rise/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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